A Tour of Plant DiversityMaterials:Tour of Plant Diversity PowerpointObjectivesStudents should be able to:1.Observe and study characteristics of major plant groups.2.Identify typical algae, mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms (both monocots anddicots).IntroductionCenturies ago, biologists divided organisms into the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom.Plants included what we consider plant today, along with bacteria, fungi, and algae.Now, as youhave learned, bacteria are classified in Domain Bacteria and Doman Archae, and fungi areclassified in Domain Eukarya, Kingdom Fungi.The algae are still placed in Kingdom Protista ofDomain Eukarya, but soon may become members of Kingdom Plantae, the focus of this activity.Plants are best defined as those photosynthetic organisms that develop from embryos.PurposeThe purpose of this lab is to study representatives of the major plant groups to the point that youcould identify another member of each group.In other words, learn the general characteristics ofmosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms and apply those characteristics to classify anunknown plant into one of these four categories.ProcedureUse the powerpoint and observe the representative of each plant group.Each group has various
